Module 4

Electronic Fundamentals

Exam 12

1. Reverse bias

a) lowers the potential barrier

b) raises the potential barrier
c) greatly increases the majority carrier current

2. If the electrical connections to the feedback

generator in a control synchro system were
disconnected, the

a) motor would run in the wrong direction

b) input signal to the amplifier would reduce
c) system would tend to oscillate

3. An increase in servo amplifier gain

a) reduces the speed of the system

b) increases system response
c) reduces tendency to hunt

4. In a control synchro the stator current ceases to

flow when the

a) CT rotor is at null
b) two rotors are aligned
c) power is removed

5. The term 'velocity lag' refers to a

a) speed error
b) position error
c) acceleration error
6. The rotor of an AC tachogenerator

a) has skewed slots

b) has a copper, brass or aluminium cylinder
c) rotates at constant speed

7. A servo system with transient negative velocity

feedback

a) is damped with little velocity lag

b) is damped with high velocity lag
c) is underdamped with high velocity lag

8. To reverse the direction of rotation of a two phase

induction motor

a) reverse the polarity of the control phase

b) reverse the polarity of both the control phase
and reference phase
c) shift the reference by 90°

9. In a rate servo (speed control) the signal into the

servo amplifier is

a) input voltage plus tachogenerator output

b) input voltage minus tachogenerator output
c) input voltage plus position feedback voltage

10. Loss of DC to a servo amplifier causes the motor to

a) run continuously
b) stop
c) reverse
 Answers for Exam 12

Question 1 b Read up on semiconductor theory.

Question 2 c Feedback from the tachogenerator prevents

overspeed and overshoot, so disconnecting the
feedback will cause the load to overshoot and
oscillate.

Question 3 b Increasing servo-amplifier gain will make the

system respond faster but will also cause it
to overshoot and oscillate (hunt).

Question 4 c In a control synchro current flows in the

stator lines at all times, regardless of the
position of the tarnsformer rotor

Question 5 b Velocity lag is the difference between the

demand input and the load position. It is
therefore a position error.

Question 6 b An AC generator rotor is made from a

diamagnetic material such as copper, brass or
aluminium.

Question 7 a Transient velocity feedback is a variable

feedback which can be switched on when the
system is about to overshoot (and anticipates
the overshoot). But it can also be switched
off when it is not required to reduce the
velocity lag.

Question 8 a To reverse the direction of a two phase

induction motor the control phase must be out
of phase with the reference phase.

Question 9 b In a rtate servo the input voltage makes the

load rotate and the tachogenerator output
(which is negative feedback) prevents it
rotating too fast.

Question 10 b Loss of DC to the servo-amplifier will cause

the amplifier to stop working and the motor
will therefore stop running